New Music Saturday

Starting out as a folk-punk alter ego for frontman Rob Brown, Hamilton-based band, The Ruddy Ruckus have evolved into arena rock troubadours.

Recovering from the fatal blow of a cancelled national tour in 2020, the band have been keeping busy penning new songs in the contemporary stadium rock tradition that has come to define their sound. Forthcoming Hell On Earth EP (out September 16th) represents the band’s embrace of the darkness that has altered and defined the course of their lives featuring four songs soaked in melodrama, overdrive and tender revolution.

The Ruddy Ruckus have definitely started to define a sound that is uniquely their own. While the last record Wentworth and Main (2021) definitely put them on that path, these new songs show a side of them that even the band were surprised to find.

Blending authentic songwriting with modern indie flare, Braden Lam is forging the path to a new 21st century folk-pop. The young ECMA-nominated artist from Halifax, NS sounds like The Lumineers and Phoebe Bridgers met at a campfire in Canada. 

The nostalgic yet fierce single, “don’t let go” is about holding onto a memory of someone you love, even when they are gone. Co-written with Halifax musician Keeper E., the song feels like late summer nights with friends and wishing you could just slow down and soak in those moments forever.